Improvement in wagon-brakes



Improvement in Wagon-Brake.

Y1,275 97.02. Patented Apri|23,1872.

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i lmmm Illlllll -Winessesz I *i l inventori ANDREW S. NOTESTEIN, OF' LURAY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ROBERT RUSSELL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-BRAKES..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,902, dated April 23, 1872.

SPECIFICATION.

Specication. desoribin g certain Improvements in W'agon-Brakes, invented by ANDREW S. NOTESTEIN. of Luray, in the county of Clark and State of Missouri.

The following is a description of my newly invented wagon-brake, which is full, clear, and exact, reference being had to the drawing accompanying the specification.

The brake-bar a is a roller hung to a piece of wood, b, that crosses the hounds by stirrups c c when put to the running gears of a wagon, and with Suspenders d l when used on the box. In either case when the one is used the other is dispensed with. The ends ofthe brake-bar e and f show the different ways it ina-y be used. The brake-bar is connected to the bolster or axle by two rods of iron, g g, called connecting-rods, with a hook at each end, with a keyhole in it to keep it to its place. The connecting-rods are fastened at one end to bolts, with an eye for a head, which may serve to hold the stake in the bolster, and a similar bolt through the brake-bar for the other end of the connecting-rods g g. The lever may be fastened to the brake-bar in different ways.

I claim as my invention- The manner of drawing the brake-bar to the wheels, and of throwing it oit' again by the stationary connecting-rods, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

ANDREW S. NOTESTEIN.

Attest GILMAN WHITE, ROBERT RUSSELL. 

